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BMW To Replace LED Lights With Laser Headlights
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BMW engineers are currently working on the introduction of laser light technology as the next logical step in car light development. Laser lights offer a vast improvement over the stock LED bulbs, currently used in luxury cars because lasers use less energy, are brighter, smaller, and can be directed at a smaller area. LED lighting generates only around 100 lumens…
Ditching Spark Plugs For Lasers To Ignite the Fuel/Air Mixture
A research team in Japan and Romania has offered an alternative to conventional spark plugs, replacing them with durable lasers to ignite the fuel- air mixture that would lower consumption and raise gas mileage. Previously, lasers could deliver sufficient power to ignite a fuel- air mixture but were too large, fragile and impractical for automotive…
